Delicieux Hummingbird Cake
By: delicieux
Published: Monday, May 17, 2010 - 10:56pm

Ingredients




1 3/4 cups (265g) self-raising flour
1 cup (200g) brown sugar
1/2 cup (45g) desiccated coconut
1/2 cup (55g) coarsely chopped walnuts
1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
440 grams can crushed pineapple, drained
2 large over-ripe bananas, mashed
2 eggs, lightly whisked
3/4 cup (185ml) sunflower or vegetable oil

Preparation

1 Preheat oven to 160°C. 2 Grease a large cake tin. 3 Combine the flour, sugar, coconut, walnuts, bicarb soda, cinnamon and cardamom in a large bowl. 4 Mash the banana in a separate bowl and add to the mixture along with the pineapple, eggs and oil. Stir the mixture until combined. 5 Pour the mixture into the greased cake tin and bake for 30 minutes or until a skewer inserted in the centres comes out clean. 6 Set aside on tray to cool completely before icing. 7 Lemon icing: 8 Cup (150g) sifted pure icing sugar 9 Tsp finely grated lemon rind 10 Tbs lemon juice 11 To make the icing, combine the icing sugar, rind and juice, and stir until the mixture is smooth. 12 Pour on to cake and spread with a spatula.  Top with some julienned lemon rind to decorate.